TableDescriptor (Apache HBase 2.0.6 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

HTableDescriptor, ImmutableHTableDescriptor, TableDescriptorBuilder.ModifyableTableDescriptor
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@InterfaceAudience.Public
public interface TableDescriptor
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TableDescriptor contains the details about an HBase table such as the descriptors of all the column families, is the table a catalog table, hbase:meta , if the table is read only, the maximum size of the memstore, when the region split should occur, coprocessors associated with it etc...

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type Field and Description

static Comparator<TableDescriptor> COMPARATOR

static Comparator<TableDescriptor> COMPARATOR_IGNORE_REPLICATION

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field and Description
`static Comparator<TableDescriptor>`	`COMPARATOR`
`static Comparator<TableDescriptor>`	`COMPARATOR_IGNORE_REPLICATION`

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods Deprecated Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`ColumnFamilyDescriptor[]`	`getColumnFamilies()` Returns an unmodifiable collection of all the `ColumnFamilyDescriptor` of all the column families of the table.
`ColumnFamilyDescriptor`	`getColumnFamily(byte[] name)` Returns the ColumnDescriptor for a specific column family with name as specified by the parameter column.
`int`	`getColumnFamilyCount()` Returns the count of the column families of the table.
`Set<byte[]>`	`getColumnFamilyNames()` Returns all the column family names of the current table.
`static Comparator<TableDescriptor>`	`getComparator(Comparator<ColumnFamilyDescriptor> cfComparator)`
`Collection<CoprocessorDescriptor>`	`getCoprocessorDescriptors()` Return the list of attached co-processor represented
`default Collection<String>`	`getCoprocessors()` Deprecated. As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. Use `getCoprocessorDescriptors()` instead
`Durability`	`getDurability()` Returns the durability setting for the table.
`String`	`getFlushPolicyClassName()` This gets the class associated with the flush policy which determines the stores need to be flushed when flushing a region.
`long`	`getMaxFileSize()` Returns the maximum size upto which a region can grow to after which a region split is triggered.
`long`	`getMemStoreFlushSize()` Returns the size of the memstore after which a flush to filesystem is triggered.
`String`	`getOwnerString()` Deprecated. since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0.
`int`	`getPriority()`
`int`	`getRegionReplication()`
`String`	`getRegionSplitPolicyClassName()` This gets the class associated with the region split policy which determines when a region split should occur.
`TableName`	`getTableName()` Get the name of the table
`byte[]`	`getValue(byte[] key)` Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
`Bytes`	`getValue(Bytes key)` Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
`String`	`getValue(String key)` Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
`Map<Bytes,Bytes>`	`getValues()`
`boolean`	`hasColumnFamily(byte[] name)` Checks to see if this table contains the given column family
`boolean`	`hasCoprocessor(String classNameToMatch)` Check if the table has an attached co-processor represented by the name className
`boolean`	`hasRegionMemStoreReplication()`
`boolean`	`isCompactionEnabled()` Check if the compaction enable flag of the table is true.
`boolean`	`isMetaRegion()` Checks if this table is `hbase:meta` region.
`boolean`	`isMetaTable()` Checks if the table is a `hbase:meta` table
`boolean`	`isNormalizationEnabled()` Check if normalization enable flag of the table is true.
`boolean`	`isReadOnly()` Check if the readOnly flag of the table is set.
`default boolean`	`matchReplicationScope(boolean enabled)` Check if the table's cfs' replication scope matched with the replication state

- Field Detail
  - COMPARATOR
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@InterfaceAudience.Private
static final Comparator<TableDescriptor> COMPARATOR
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  - COMPARATOR_IGNORE_REPLICATION
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@InterfaceAudience.Private
static final Comparator<TableDescriptor> COMPARATOR_IGNORE_REPLICATION
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- Method Detail
  - getComparator
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static Comparator<TableDescriptor> getComparator(Comparator<ColumnFamilyDescriptor> cfComparator)
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  - getColumnFamilyCount
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int getColumnFamilyCount()
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    Returns the count of the column families of the table.
    
    Returns:
    
    Count of column families of the table
  - getCoprocessorDescriptors
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Collection<CoprocessorDescriptor> getCoprocessorDescriptors()
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    Return the list of attached co-processor represented
    
    Returns:
    
    The list of CoprocessorDescriptor
  - getCoprocessors
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@Deprecated
default Collection<String> getCoprocessors()
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    Deprecated. As of release 2.0.0, this will be removed in HBase 3.0.0. Use getCoprocessorDescriptors() instead
    
    Return the list of attached co-processor represented by their name className
    
    Returns:
    
    The list of co-processors classNames
  - getDurability
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Durability getDurability()
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    Returns the durability setting for the table.
    
    Returns:
    
    durability setting for the table.
  - getColumnFamilies
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ColumnFamilyDescriptor[] getColumnFamilies()
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    Returns an unmodifiable collection of all the ColumnFamilyDescriptor of all the column families of the table.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of ColumnFamilyDescriptor of all the column families.
  - getColumnFamilyNames
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Set<byte[]> getColumnFamilyNames()
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    Returns all the column family names of the current table. The map of TableDescriptor contains mapping of family name to ColumnDescriptor. This returns all the keys of the family map which represents the column family names of the table.
    
    Returns:
    
    Immutable sorted set of the keys of the families.
  - getColumnFamily
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ColumnFamilyDescriptor getColumnFamily(byte[] name)
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    Returns the ColumnDescriptor for a specific column family with name as specified by the parameter column.
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - Column family name
    
    Returns:
    
    Column descriptor for the passed family name or the family on passed in column.
  - getFlushPolicyClassName
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String getFlushPolicyClassName()
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    This gets the class associated with the flush policy which determines the stores need to be flushed when flushing a region. The class used by default is defined in org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.FlushPolicy.
    
    Returns:
    
    the class name of the flush policy for this table. If this returns null, the default flush policy is used.
  - getMaxFileSize
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long getMaxFileSize()
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    Returns the maximum size upto which a region can grow to after which a region split is triggered. The region size is represented by the size of the biggest store file in that region.
    
    Returns:
    
    max hregion size for table, -1 if not set.
  - getMemStoreFlushSize
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long getMemStoreFlushSize()
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    Returns the size of the memstore after which a flush to filesystem is triggered.
    
    Returns:
    
    memory cache flush size for each hregion, -1 if not set.
  - getPriority
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int getPriority()
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  - getRegionReplication
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int getRegionReplication()
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    Returns:
    
    Returns the configured replicas per region
  - getRegionSplitPolicyClassName
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String getRegionSplitPolicyClassName()
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    This gets the class associated with the region split policy which determines when a region split should occur. The class used by default is defined in org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver.RegionSplitPolicy
    
    Returns:
    
    the class name of the region split policy for this table. If this returns null, the default split policy is used.
  - getTableName
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TableName getTableName()
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    Get the name of the table
    
    Returns:
    
    TableName
  - getOwnerString
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@Deprecated
String getOwnerString()
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    Deprecated. since 2.0.0 and will be removed in 3.0.0.
    
    See Also:
    
    HBASE-15583
  - getValue
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Bytes getValue(Bytes key)
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    Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key.
    
    Returns:
    
    A clone value. Null if no mapping for the key
  - getValue
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byte[] getValue(byte[] key)
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    Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key.
    
    Returns:
    
    A clone value. Null if no mapping for the key
  - getValue
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String getValue(String key)
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    Getter for accessing the metadata associated with the key.
    
    Parameters:
    
    key - The key.
    
    Returns:
    
    Null if no mapping for the key
  - getValues
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Map<Bytes,Bytes> getValues()
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    Returns:
    
    Getter for fetching an unmodifiable map.
  - hasCoprocessor
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boolean hasCoprocessor(String classNameToMatch)
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    Check if the table has an attached co-processor represented by the name className
    
    Parameters:
    
    classNameToMatch - - Class name of the co-processor
    
    Returns:
    
    true of the table has a co-processor className
  - hasColumnFamily
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boolean hasColumnFamily(byte[] name)
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    Checks to see if this table contains the given column family
    
    Parameters:
    
    name - Family name or column name.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the table contains the specified family name
  - hasRegionMemStoreReplication
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boolean hasRegionMemStoreReplication()
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    Returns:
    
    true if the read-replicas memstore replication is enabled.
  - isCompactionEnabled
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boolean isCompactionEnabled()
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    Check if the compaction enable flag of the table is true. If flag is false then no minor/major compactions will be done in real.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if table compaction enabled
  - isMetaRegion
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boolean isMetaRegion()
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    Checks if this table is hbase:meta region.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if this table is hbase:meta region
  - isMetaTable
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boolean isMetaTable()
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    Checks if the table is a hbase:meta table
    
    Returns:
    
    true if table is hbase:meta region.
  - isNormalizationEnabled
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boolean isNormalizationEnabled()
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    Check if normalization enable flag of the table is true. If flag is false then no region normalizer won't attempt to normalize this table.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if region normalization is enabled for this table
  - isReadOnly
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boolean isReadOnly()
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    Check if the readOnly flag of the table is set. If the readOnly flag is set then the contents of the table can only be read from but not modified.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if all columns in the table should be read only
  - matchReplicationScope
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default boolean matchReplicationScope(boolean enabled)
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    Check if the table's cfs' replication scope matched with the replication state
    
    Parameters:
    
    enabled - replication state
    
    Returns:
    
    true if matched, otherwise false

Interface TableDescriptor

Field Summary

Method Summary

Field Detail

COMPARATOR

COMPARATOR_IGNORE_REPLICATION

Method Detail

getComparator

getColumnFamilyCount

getCoprocessorDescriptors

getCoprocessors

getDurability

getColumnFamilies

getColumnFamilyNames

getColumnFamily

getFlushPolicyClassName

getMaxFileSize

getMemStoreFlushSize

getPriority

getRegionReplication

getRegionSplitPolicyClassName

getTableName

getOwnerString

getValue

getValue

getValue

getValues

hasCoprocessor

hasColumnFamily

hasRegionMemStoreReplication

isCompactionEnabled

isMetaRegion

isMetaTable

isNormalizationEnabled

isReadOnly

matchReplicationScope